As has been reported in the press, the consultation document on the Tunbridge Wells civic complex which was to be delivered to every household in the Borough last month does not seem to have materialised. Though the documents are online not everyone has access to the internet or wishes to print the document themselves. I […]

The long awaited consultation on the future of the civic complex has begun and will run until the end of January. The civic complex includes the Town Hall, library, Assembly Hall theatre and police station. I have concerns about the consultation in that it is being run by a company employed by the regeneration company […]

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council will begin consulting on two planning documents, for eight weeks from Monday 14 June till Monday 9 August 2010. The two documents are the Town Centres Area Action Plan which includes Tunbridge Wells and Southborough town centres and the Allocations Development Plan Document which is designed to allocate sites for a […]

The Highways Agency has finally published plans to dual the A21 between Tonbridge and Pembury. This important road improvement may begin in a couple of years but at this stage the plans are out for public consultation. They can be viewed and commented on at a public exhibition at the Angel Centre in Tonbridge on […]

The planning application for the controversial night shelter for the homeless at St. John’s Methodist Church has now been submitted. To see the plans click here. The detailed plans can be found under the “Associated Documents” section. Southborough Town Council is a consultee on these plans and will consider its comments at its Planning and […]

If you thought that the mobile phone companies had installed all the masts that they needed think again. Vodafone have submitted proposals for a new 12 metre mobile phone mast on land at London Road opposite Harland Way. The submission to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is a telecommunication application. The planners will have to decide […]

In the Courier newspaper it has been reported that the idea of putting recycling bins on the site of the derelict Pennington Road toilets has been resurrected by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Three years ago the idea of placing facilities for bottle and can recycling at this site was rejected by Southborough Town Council after […]

Kent County Council has lost £50 million in investments made in Icelandic financial institutions. £16 million has come from the staff pension fund, £8 million was in school reserves and £2 million was Kent Fire Authority money. The rest of the money was made up of council tax and government grants. Kent Tories are saying […]

The long running saga of planning applications in Still Lane, off London Road, continues with the latest application being turned down by the Borough Council. In 2006 an application for a terrace of three town houses and a block of four flats was given approval. The latest plans added another town house to the approved […]

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is consulting on a Draft Air Quality Action Plan for the Air Quality Management Area created in 2005. This was set up in response to poor air quality along the A26 London Road. It starts from between its junctions with Pennington Road and Park Road and goes right into Tunbridge Wells. […]